Hospice is a special approach to providing home care to those in the final stages of life. The program seeks to meet the needs of both patient and family by providing physical, emotional, and spiritual comfort. These needs are provided by a team comprised of RNs, home health aides, a medical social worker, chaplains, volunteers, and occasionally as needed, psychologists.

HOSPICE AUSTIN
4107 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78759
(512) 342-4700
(512) 795-9053 (fax)
(800) 445-3261 (emergency number)
E.Mail: info@hospiceaustin.org
Website: www.hospiceaustin.org
County(s): Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson
Metro Area: Austin
* Hospice Multiple Locations:
Hospice Austin - Georgetown, TX
Hospice Austin at Christopher House - Austin, TX
Affiliate with Hospice Williamson County (1-800-382-4593)

This hospice is the oldest hospice in the state and the only non-profit hospice in the area. Hospice Austin has a very extensive bereavement program. Support groups are free and open to the public. Patients are never refused because of inability to pay. There are no regional limits.

HOSPICE AUSTIN AT CHRISTOPHER HOUSE
2820 E. Martin Luther King Blvd
Austin, TX 78702
(512) 322-0747
(512) 322-0755 (fax)
Email: info@hospiceaustin.org
Website: www.hospiceaustin.org
County(s): Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson
Metro Area: Austin
* HML of Hospice Austin of Austin, TX

LONE STAR HOSPICE
1212 Palm Valley Blvd.
Round Rock, Texas 78664
(512) 218-9890
(512) 218-9288 (fax)
(512) 467-7423 (HOSPICE)

Serves Travis, Williamson, Hays counties. This hospice will follow the patient's family for one year after the patient's death. The patient stays at home. Nurses are on call 24 hours and will make home visits at any time. If your insurance company does not currently work with this hospice, Lone Star will negotiate with your insurance carrier and attempt to work with them. Lone Star prefers the patient to have a caregiver, but will still take the patient if a caregiver is not currently available and try to aid that situation.

ROBINSON CREEK HOSPICE
1000 Westbank Drive
Austin, Texas
(512) 328-7606
(512) 328-1028 (fax)

Serves the Austin Metro area, Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties. This hospice has the only program to offer a "bridge" between home healthcare and hospice. This company provides both services. When home healthcare is no longer an option, the hospice program's available. Accepts most insurance. Non-funded cases taken.

SETON HIGHLAND LAKES HOSPICE

Seton Highland Lakes Hospice
Highway 281 South
P.O. Box 1219
Burnet, TX 78611
(512) 756-8003
(800) 490-8003
Website: www.goodhealth.com

A full-service provider, delivering care primarily in the familiar surroundings of a patient's own home. Residents of nursing homes and group homes are eligible. The patient continues under the care of his or her own physician while in the Hospice program. The physician and other Hospice team members develop an individual plan of care with the patient's participation.

Seton Highland Lakes Hospice
State licensed.
JCAHO accredited.
Certified by Medicare and Medicaid.
Member of the National Hospice Organization and the Texas Hospice Organization.

Seton Highland Lakes provides services to Blanco, Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, Gillespie, Travis and Williamson counties.

VISTA CARE FAMILY HOSPICE of AUSTIN
8701 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste 104
Austin, Texas
(512) 453-4144
(512) 453-4165 (fax)
Susan Smith-Willett, Administrator
Admission Counselor, Referrals
County(s): Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson
Metro Area: Austin
This hospice services the Austin area and a 50-mile radius. Non-funded care available.
Accepts patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Care is personalized to needs of the patient. Typically, a physician recommends hospice care, but it is not required. This hospice accepts Medicare, Medicaid, Champus and most other third party payers.